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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 293-303.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Fiona's college years, she is described as seeing politics as a what?
(a) A joke.
(b) A puzzle.
(c) A game.
(d) A hobby.

2. Over what type of feature do Fiona and Grant drive on their way to Meadowlake, reminding them both of a certain nighttime activity?
(a) A meadow.
(b) A lake.
(c) A hollow.
(d) A brook.

3. Grant thinks about his colleague as being one of the first to have cast aside what object?
(a) His necktie.
(b) His wedding ring.
(c) His Bible.
(d) His dignity.

4. Grant thinks about the sexual revolution as what sort of meteorological phenomenon?
(a) A cyclone.
(b) A whirlwind.
(c) A tornado.
(d) An earthquake.

5. What room in Meadowlake is directly opposite the conservatory on the other side of the building?
(a) The card room.
(b) The day clinic.
(c) The medication room.
(d) The television room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant's first illicit affair had been with a woman named what?

2. Grant had accepted Fiona's proposal of marriage because she had possessed "the spark of" (276) what?

3. When the narrator describes the families who visit residents of Meadowlake, which people are said to be "without apprehension" (297)?

4. Fiona and Grant had especially enjoyed watching programs about what topic during their time together?

5. What kind of passion does Grant congratulate himself for showing toward his young lovers even when it does not match the way he actually feels?

(see the answer key)

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